A thinned lithospheric image of the Tanlu Fault Zone, eastern China: Constructed from wave equation based receiver function migration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Chen, Ling ^a   Zheng, Tianyu ^a   Xu, Weiwei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BROADBAND DATA; FAULT ZONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE EQUATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34250681129     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003974     Document Type: Article

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